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A49780 Marriage by the morall law of God vindicated against all ceremonial laws of popes and bishops destructive to filiation aliment and succession and the government of familyes and kingdoms Lawrence, William, 1613 or 14-1681 or 2. 1680 (1680) Wing L690; ESTC R7113 397,315 448

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to_o with_o draw_v and_o the_o court_n on_o consultation_n order_v that_o she_o shall_v be_v deliver_v to_o the_o custody_n of_o a_o governess_n in_o her_o own_o house_n at_o d._n who_o shall_v admit_v any_o other_o noble_a person_n to_o present_v themselves_o unto_o she_o as_o likewise_o the_o husband_n she_o have_v already_o marry_v but_o no_o otherwise_o then_o open_o in_o the_o presence_n and_o sight_n of_o the_o governess_n and_o if_o the_o lady_n like_v to_o make_v choice_n before_o she_o come_v to_o the_o age_n of_o twelve_o of_o any_o other_o to_o be_v husband_n she_o shall_v have_v free_a liberty_n to_o do_v the_o same_o if_o not_o then_o her_o present_a choice_n shall_v stand_v this_o sentence_n be_v right_a if_o you_o admit_v the_o common-law_n that_o great_a popish_a idol_n which_o be_v worship_v through_o the_o three_o kingdom_n to_o be_v the_o law_n of_o god_n but_o otherwise_o it_o be_v a_o unlawful_a thing_n to_o put_v a_o new_a marry_a wife_n who_o have_v lie_v with_o 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one_o of_o the_o small_a cause_n why_o divorce_n grow_v so_o frequent_a in_o aftertime_n not_o as_o be_v vain_o pretend_v out_o of_o wantonness_n but_o of_o necessity_n whereas_o if_o this_o private_a way_n of_o justice_n and_o defence_n shall_v not_o be_v tolerate_v to_o family_n without_o public_a litis_fw-la contestation_n neither_o the_o honour_n or_o safety_n of_o any_o family_n or_o person_n therein_o can_v be_v preserve_v and_o such_o as_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o separate_v if_o they_o can_v not_o do_v it_o but_o by_o public_a judgement_n will_v likewise_o either_o as_o the_o muscovite_n be_v say_v to_o do_v hire_v some_o false_a witness_n or_o knight_n of_o the_o post_n to_o defame_v one_o another_o or_o oftentimes_o if_o that_o will_v not_o do_v to_o destroy_v the_o life_n of_o one_o another_o or_o before_o the_o party_n can_v make_v public_a proof_n poison_n or_o otherwise_o kill_v he_o whereby_o after_o it_o will_v be_v too_o late_a as_o it_o be_v in_o these_o 170_o husband_n for_o any_o complaint_n to_o be_v make_v to_o the_o public_a and_o the_o wife_n be_v likewise_o in_o as_o great_a danger_n if_o they_o have_v not_o the_o same_o liberty_n of_o provide_v for_o they_o themselves_o on_o the_o first_o discovery_n of_o danger_n have_v it_o not_o be_v better_o for_o all_o these_o murder_a husband_n and_o wife_n to_o have_v part_v on_o either_o side_n then_o to_o have_v act_v such_o a_o tragedy_n together_o so_o aegisthus_n corrupt_v clytaemnestra_n to_o adultery_n thereby_o get_v her_o concurrence_n to_o the_o death_n of_o her_o husband_n agamemnon_n and_o sejanus_n have_v receive_v a_o affront_n from_o drusus_n plot_v no_o other_o way_n to_o destroy_v he_o but_o by_o corrupt_v his_o wife_n as_o say_v tacit._n annal._n lib._n 4._o cuncta_fw-la tentanti_fw-la promptissimum_fw-la visum_fw-la ad_fw-la vxorem_fw-la ejus_fw-la liviam_fw-la convertere_fw-la hanc_fw-la ut_fw-la amore_fw-la incensus_fw-la adulterio_fw-la pellexit_fw-la ad_fw-la conjugii_fw-la spem_fw-la consortium_fw-la regni_fw-la &_o necem_fw-la mariti_fw-la impulit_fw-la so_o the_o brother_n of_o lewis_n the_o first_o king_n of_o hungary_n be_v strangle_v by_o his_o wife_n and_o she_o marry_v a_o new_a husband_n lewis_n the_o king_n go_v into_o italy_n to_o revenge_v his_o brother_n death_n she_o and_o the_o new_a husband_n fly_v to_o the_o pope_n who_o protect_v they_o here_o neither_o the_o corruption_n of_o clytaemnestra_n nor_o the_o wife_n of_o drusus_n nor_o the_o hungarian_a hang-woman_n can_v have_v be_v discover_v before_o a_o public_a judge_n till_o it_o have_v be_v too_o late_o what_o be_v therefore_o such_o elccesiastical_a law_n and_o judge_n who_o compel_v such_o secret_a and_o deadly_a enemy_n to_o co-habitation_n in_o one_o house_n but_o accessary_a to_o their_o murder_n and_o who_o forbid_v they_o to_o marry_v other_o but_o accessary_a to_o the_o great_a sin_n of_o their_o fornication_n and_o adultery_n consent_n divorce_v by_o consent_n authent_fw-fr col._n 23.140_o the_o title_n of_o the_o law_n be_v ut_fw-la consensu_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la solvi_fw-la potest_fw-la and_o the_o law_n itself_o end_v with_o this_o reason_n eos_n siquidem_fw-la qui_fw-la violento_fw-la affectu_fw-la odioque_fw-la correpti_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la perquam_fw-la difficile_fw-la est_fw-la recon●iliare_a contingit_fw-la enim_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la ad_fw-la mutuas_fw-la insidias_fw-la procederent_fw-la venenisque_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la quae_fw-la lethalia_fw-la essent_fw-la uterentur_fw-la in_o tantum_fw-la ut_fw-la saepe_fw-la liberi_fw-la qui_fw-la ipsis_fw-la communiter_fw-la nati_fw-la essent_fw-la eas_fw-la in_o unam_fw-la candemque_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la conjungere_fw-la non_fw-la potuerint_fw-la of_o the_o law_n of_o divorce_n à_fw-fr mensa_fw-la &_o thoro._n haddon_n in_o the_o new_a draught_n appoint_v in_o the_o time_n of_o henry_n the_o eight_o and_o edward_n the_o six_o for_o reformation_n of_o 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the_o word_n of_o absalon_n 2_o sam._n 15.3_o see_v thy_o matter_n be_v good_a and_o right_n for_o there_o be_v no_o man_n depute_v of_o the_o king_n to_o hear_v thou_o intimate_v if_o there_o have_v be_v a_o judge_n depute_a he_o need_v not_o fear_v the_o king_n presence_n to_o have_v his_o matter_n so_o severe_o weigh_v as_o if_o he_o have_v judge_v in_o person_n and_o we_o see_v to_o avoid_v the_o fiction_n of_o human_a omnipresence_n in_o a_o action_n of_o debt_n returnable_a in_o the_o common_a plea_n where_o the_o king_n sit_v not_o in_o person_n but_o judge_v by_o delegate_n the_o sheriff_n be_v command_v sum_n '_o per_n bonos_fw-es sum_n '_o praedictum_fw-la a_o quod_fw-la sit_fw-la coram_fw-la justitiariis_fw-la nostris_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la and_o if_o it_o have_v be_v coram_fw-la nobis_fw-la it_o will_v have_v be_v a_o fiction_n but_o that_o which_o make_v the_o certis_fw-la de_fw-fr causis_fw-la coram_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o cancel_v '_o nostra_fw-la 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